Where does “Pastellton” come from?
Pastellton (German) comes from German Pastell, from French pastel, from Italian pastello, from Latin pastellum, from Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά, from Ancient Greek παστός, from Ancient Greek πάσσω — to shake.
Pastellton (German): pastel color
Definitions
- pastel color
Ancestry of “Pastellton”, step by step
Pastellton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Pastell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pastell | pastel |
| 2 | French | pastel | woad; pastel |
| 3 | Italian | pastello | pastel |
| 4 | Latin | pastellum | dough, paste |
| 5 | Latin | pasta | paste; nominative/vocative feminine singular of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παστά | barley porridge |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | παστός | sprinkled with salt, salted; woman's chamber,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πάσσω | I sprinkle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |
via German tōn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tōn | clay |
| 2 | Middle High German | tōn | — |
| 3 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |